Elevated demand in SA and VIC on Saturday 9th March 2024
A short note to record some slightly elevated demand in VIC and SA on Sat 9th March 2024 over a hot long weekend.
Victoria
CFA warns of ‘Catastrophic and extreme fire danger’ for parts of Victoria tomorrow (Wed 28th Feb 2024)
A short note looking at CFA warnings of 'Extreme Bushfire Risk' for locations in Victoria on Wednesday 28th February 2024.
Yesterday’s Record-Breaking Native Demand for Australia’s NEM and Victoria (22nd Feb 2024)
Geoff Eldridge provides a list of some the key records that were broken in the NEM yesterday, thanks particularly to high demand coming from Victoria.
It appears bushfire smoke was negatively impacting rooftop PV production in a material way in Victoria yesterday
Some interesting data coming from our forecast convergence widget yesterday afternoon, hinted to us that bushfire smoke is likely to have been impacting rooftop PV generation levels in...
Fires linger in Victoria, Tasmania as heat shifts to NSW
Ben Domensino of WeatherZone provides an update on the bushfire danger in Victoria and Tasmania, whilst temperature forecasts are projected to be elevated in northern NSW.
Victorian ‘Market Demand’ above 9,000MW on Thursday 22nd February 2024 … for the first time since 31st January 2020
Victorian 'Market Demand' today (9,260MW at 15:40) is the highest we've seen since 31st January 2020 ... just over 4 years ago.
Afternoon spot price volatility on a hot day in VIC and TAS … and bushfire limitations
A hot afternoon in VIC and TAS, with bushfires in both states, is driving volatility on Thursday 22nd February 2024
Weathering the Storm: Victoria’s Record-Breaking Energy Day
Perhaps unrealised by many, but Tuesday afternoon's events in Victoria resulted in a new record low in terms of number of coal units being online in the region,...
Out with a bang or a whimper? And a puzzle or two.
Guest author Allan O'Neil continues our series of posts on very low system demand levels in South Australia and Victoria on New Year's Eve, with a few unresolved...
Recapping the accelerating decline in ‘Minimum Demand’ levels across the NEM, at the end of 2023
A tabular summary of how 'declining demand' has been an accelerating theme in most regions of the NEM (and NEM-wide) through 2023.
Recapping lowest points for demand today in Victoria (Part 4)
Part 4 in a series today, about what happened in Victoria with minimum demand and warnings of possible intervention to *increase* demand.
Part 3 … Victorian demand holding up at higher levels than successive AEMO forecasts
Third article today, focusing on an apparent anomaly between AEMO's P30 and P5 predispatch forecasts for Victorian demand today (Sun 31st Dec 2023).
Part 2 – What’s running in Victoria today (apart from strong rooftop PV)?
A second article today on this challenging day for the Victorian grid, looking at which supply sources are running.
Demand in Victoria drops to a new lowest point on Sunday 31st December 2023, and AEMO flags possible intervention (Part 1?)
First article today, recording a new 'lowest ever' point for demand in Victoria (Sun 31st Dec 2023), and possible intervention from AEMO has it looks to drop further,...
Victoria’s ‘Market Demand’ low point drops further–on Sunday 12th November 2023
A quick record of Sun 12th Nov 2023, with 'minimum demand' dropping further in Victoria
New ‘lowest ever*’ points for Market Demand–in Victoria and NEM-wide on Saturday 16th September 2023 (and record high IRPM)
A quick capture of an unfolding situation on Saturday 16th Sept 2023 - seeing record low demand (in VIC and NEM-wide), and highest ever IRPM.
AGL Energy and VIC Govt entered into ‘Structured Transition Agreement’ relating to Loy Yang A
An article at the end of the week in which AGL Energy announced the establishment of a Structured Transition Agreement (STA) with respect to Loy Yang A and...
After the storm: Looking at Q2 2023 price trends, one year on from an Energy Crisis
One year on from a market-wide suspension, Dan Lee provides a review of Q2 prices for 2023 so that we can examine some of the longer-term price trends.
AEMO preliminary report on VIC region suspension (loss of SCADA) on 22nd April
Here's where to find AEMO's preliminary report on the loss of SCADA on 22nd April 2023 in Victoria that led to that region being suspended for more than...
Price volatility in VIC and SA on a warm summer evening, Thursday 16th February 2023
A quick post about some evening volatility in VIC and SA